Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18


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Laws called sassusfan 10 sonns seRalar
iiaua 9Th regard % sseund. bird and
fsaFth slass matter fhaa had eneaped
fhs eYss q ne ozuials q the dspaEs-
msnt bafcrs. The puaimasasr - New
Yolk suhissssd some earsulaFs y he
faI ietter rats oE Bastaass nee&n11 -
shs auEsi9e Ghere was s11ne pEs1feG mat
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tt4 law. Ina matter w4s TetfErea %
fhe DoszmaEtaF renef4f. w1c REFERS The
appellants 20 the aEt - eo1Rress =
e1EneeGiun with Il, and skstaa that Ne
nusf nphsld the law until ehanEs1.
TIE wording Of ihs tuo sectinn1 = e
follows
nsnond cinsa SHAH conlzin No wEitinR,
print, mark o. uign kheFeon O. therein
Il addition 70 ne original print ex-
eept as herein provided - VS. he
name and address af The peR1uu 10
whom he matter shall % sent, and IL
deg hauFea Of Subscription heck, either
wFitien on printed. the printed tlils Of
publication, the printed name ana sd
dress Of the puhiishEK o. sender 0i
tie same, and written % printed words
or figures, OF beth, indicating the este
on which ths Subscription 81 such mat
Ger viii end. Upon uaatteK af tue soc
fhiRd class, o. upon the wrapper en-
claasng the same tho sender may write
his Own naus or address thereon, With
che same, ana IN either case may make
~s~..-,fe. 49, $1,000 - InafIrra4a q
woRd O. passage Of the text 10 which ID
e desired 30 sali attention. There may
be placed up0n the cover or blank
leaves of any book or any printed mar
Ter Of the third class simple manu-
script dedication or inssripilen that
does not pariAke Of the nature o. q
personal correspondents. Upon any
package Of matter 81 she fourth class
toe sander may write or print his own
name and address, preceded By the
word ssfrorn.r and there may also be
written nr printed. the Number end
names Of the articles enclosed; and tbe
sender theKdok may write or print up
IS a. effach 70 AIRY sueh articles, 81
TAG OF label, marx, number, uame. o.
letter FOR the purpose Of Identification.
SEQ. %, Thai matter OF the second,
third. OF fourth class. containing any
writing or printing, other than therein
indicatad, shall not be delivered exespt
upon the payment Of postage for mat
Ter OF khe arst class, deductinR there
from any amount which may have been
pTspaid hy stamps af1ixsd 70 suoh mat
teri and any person who shall conceal
or enelosa any matter Of Q higher class,
and deposit, OF cause tbs same 20 be de-
posited, for conveyance By mail. a.
less rate than would be charged for
beth such higher and lower clssi mat
ter, shall, for every such otense, be liza.
hIs 10 9 penalty Of ten dollars: Pro
vided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall be 90 construed as 70
prevent publishers OF the second class
and news agents from enclosing 10 their
publications bills. receipts, and orders
fer subscription thereto; but such bills,
receipts and orders shall be Ia such
form es 10 convey no other Information
than She name, location, and suhsorIp.
ton price OF the publication or publ
cations 10 which they refer.
The postmastera On the Pacific coast
have only recently been instructed In
the matter, and are now oEdefec to see
that the Law IL carried ont. Already
one Portland newspaper has found out
the Law 10 les cost, having declined 20
take out ita Issue of papers from the
Seattle Office, because Of there having
been some Questionable marks on the
wrapper, full letter postage was de-
manded. Business men would do well
70 lock over these sections carefully.